THE NEW ER NURSE IN L.A. (Lower Arkansas) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781662867705)

The New Nurse in LA (Lower Arkansas) is a fictional account of survival of a solider leaving Southeast Asia, the Army, and choosing nursing as a career. He brings with him the dark memories of war. Surviving nursing school, he moves to the woodlands of south Arkansas. He started in a small hospital ICU. He later discovers his passion for the ER. Life skills learned in the Army help and hinder as he learns more about nursing. He finds peace in a small country church. There he's welcomed home. He also finds a little girl and her mother. The are connected by a twist of fate. Chasing is dreams, life, and work become complicated. Ambulances, ER's, and helicopters keep him busy as he chases his dreams. He comes to the realization the being an ER Nurse is who you are, not what you do. Robert Burnham is from Camden Arkansas. Like his Father, he joined the military at eighteen. After the military, he graduated from Southern Arkansas University Department of Nursing. In almost forty years in nursing all were emergency care related. Working in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and California, gave him an overview of the EMS System. The hospital level, he served as a staff nurse, charge nurse, department head, nurse educator, EMT, and flight nurse. The State level he served on the Arkansas State Life Support Committee. The international level, he served with the International Olympic Committee in Los Angeles during the Games of the XXIII Olympiad. He taught many aspects of emergency care to his peers. He maintained board certification in emergency nursing during his career. Retired, he and his wife live in central Arkansas. He enjoys telling stories about experiences in what he jokingly calls the Gar Hole.

Author: Robert Burnham
ISBN-10: 1662867700
ISBN-13: 9781662867705
Publisher: Mill City Press, Inc
Language: English
Published: 03/13/2023
Pages: 486
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.98d